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This study classified the meanings of “tsuini” and “toutou” based on the medium frequency verbs that are used with them among the high, medium, and low frequency verbs, to clarify how they vary in terms of meaning. This study examined󰡔BCCWJ󰡕for the subjects of study.① It was found that “tsuini” is found in written language and formal sentences for professional information, whereas “toutou” is usually found in verbal language and informal sentences. ② The first high frequency verbs used with “tsuini” and “toutou” was ｢suru｣,followed by ｢naru｣｢kuru｣｢dekiru｣,and｢iu｣.③ Medium frequency verbs was examined in ｢abstract relations｣and ”tsuini”was used to express change in situations, traffic of people, change in the existence or position of abstract or actual objects, or change in emotions with people’s physical movements. On the other hand, “toutou” was used to change the status of objects to the negative direction with the subject’s abstract or actual actions. In terms of ｢human activities｣, both adverbs were used to express people’s language habits, but it was different that “tsuini” was used for the language habits in response to someone’s questions, while “toutou” was used to affect someone else. Lastly